Here we go again with another round of “Will they, won’t they” when it comes to the release date of PS6 and next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix. Following recent reports that Sony plans to delay the PS6, reliable insiders have claimed that both companies are still on track for a late 2027 launch.
Will PS6 and Xbox Project Helix target a late 2027 release date?
A little bit of background first: Sony and Microsoft have just started talking about their next-gen plans, with the latter being a little more proactive and officially announcing Project Helix. Microsoft has confirmed that dev kits will be in the hands of developers beginning in 2027.
For its part, Sony said in 2025 that the PS6 will take “a few years.”
Insider Tom Henderson was the first to float the idea of a PS6 delay, which was then backed up by a Bloomberg report. But now, insiders with known connections have claimed that both PS6 and Project Helix are on track for a late 2027 launch.
Comments by Windows Central and AMD both suggest that Project Helix is locked for late 2027. Now, YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead (MLID), and AMD insider Kepler L2 claim that Sony won’t be left behind, and the PS6, as well as the rumored PlayStation handheld, will be out in late 2027.
MLID has often been the first to accurately leak Sony’s hardware plans. Meanwhile, Kepler seems to be spot on with their leaks, owing to their connections within the AMD supply chain, so these claims aren’t something we’d simply dismiss.
That said, time will tell whether Sony and Microsoft stick to the traditional seven-year cycle or not. After all, both companies did put out their current-gen consoles in the middle of a pandemic, and contrary to online discourse, there seems to be plenty of appetite for new hardware releases.
